Kera Bolonik
@kerabolonik.bsky.social
EIC of DAME mag. Writer. Gen X Queerdo. Words in NYT, NY Mag, TNR, The Guardian etc, she/her https://open.substack.com/pub/kb12979536/p/welcome-to-recording-memories?r=7122&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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k.d. lang: Still Thrives This Love
On Sapphic self-realization, subtext, and the importance of swagger.
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My latest essay in "Recording Memories," my new memoir-ish Substack about Gen X, music, nostalgia, and memory — a true labor of love, written on stolen time. This one is about the the virtuosic treasure that is @kdlang.bsky.social kb12979536.substack.com/p/kd-lang-st...
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Keep this story in the news.
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
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"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
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Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Keep this story in the news.
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
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those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support! www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S… Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs
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November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
I think I would enjoy a film called “Knives Out” a lot more if it was the title of a documentary about Joyce Carol Oates’s brilliant social media takedowns of our most hideous villains.
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I think I would enjoy a film called “Knives Out” a lot more if it was the title of a documentary about Joyce Carol Oates’s brilliant social media takedowns of our most hideous villains.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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He should have died in The Hague.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died, his family said in a statement. He was 84 abcnews.go.com/Politics/for...
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
He should have died in The Hague.
My latest essay in "Recording Memories," my new memoir-ish Substack about Gen X, music, nostalgia, and memory — a true labor of love, written on stolen time. This one is about the the virtuosic treasure that is @kdlang.bsky.social kb12979536.substack.com/p/kd-lang-st...
k.d. lang: Still Thrives This Love
On Sapphic self-realization, subtext, and the importance of swagger.
kb12979536.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
My latest essay in "Recording Memories," my new memoir-ish Substack about Gen X, music, nostalgia, and memory — a true labor of love, written on stolen time. This one is about the the virtuosic treasure that is @kdlang.bsky.social kb12979536.substack.com/p/kd-lang-st...
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NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway
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Trump saying out loud that he no longer feels bound by even the pretense of civil law is a staggering admission for an American president writes @themaxburns.bsky.social
The East Wing Isn’t Even the Half of It - Dame Magazine
Employees working in the Treasury Building enjoyed a bird’s-eye view of the rubble that, just a week ago, had been the White House’s historic East Wing. The view was so good, in fact, that the Treasur...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Trump saying out loud that he no longer feels bound by even the pretense of civil law is a staggering admission for an American president writes @themaxburns.bsky.social
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One of these guys is running for Congress on an explicitly pro-LGBTQ platform. Hell yeah. www.advocate.com/politics/dyl...
October 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
One of these guys is running for Congress on an explicitly pro-LGBTQ platform. Hell yeah. www.advocate.com/politics/dyl...
In early September, I went out to L.A. to interview the hilarious, genuinely wonderful Leslie Jones. Before we knew it, hours had flown by & we were talking like we’d known each other for years. The result is now live in the @nytimes.com Styles section (and will appear in Sunday's print edition).
Leslie Jones Wants to Make Everybody Laugh
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October 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In early September, I went out to L.A. to interview the hilarious, genuinely wonderful Leslie Jones. Before we knew it, hours had flown by & we were talking like we’d known each other for years. The result is now live in the @nytimes.com Styles section (and will appear in Sunday's print edition).
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The president has declared war on Chicago, sending in masked ICE agents and National Guard troops to incite violence, hoping protestors will take the bait. Under Pritzker and Mayor Johnson's leadership, Chicagoans know just what to do. From @themaxburns.bsky.social for us
Governor Pritzker Sets An Example in How to Meet This Moment - Dame Magazine
When Illinois Governor JB Pritzker took the stage at a gathering of New Hampshire Democrats back in April, he knew what he was about to say would rankle plenty of his Democratic colleagues. But Pritzk...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The president has declared war on Chicago, sending in masked ICE agents and National Guard troops to incite violence, hoping protestors will take the bait. Under Pritzker and Mayor Johnson's leadership, Chicagoans know just what to do. From @themaxburns.bsky.social for us
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It’s pronounced cyclist.
October 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It’s pronounced cyclist.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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This is a federal agent pointing a weapon at a person recording them.
ICE has become Trump’s personal military that he is using to terrorize communities and cities that don’t support him. And some say we shouldn’t call him a fascist? Open your eyes.
ICE has become Trump’s personal military that he is using to terrorize communities and cities that don’t support him. And some say we shouldn’t call him a fascist? Open your eyes.
October 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is a federal agent pointing a weapon at a person recording them.
ICE has become Trump’s personal military that he is using to terrorize communities and cities that don’t support him. And some say we shouldn’t call him a fascist? Open your eyes.
ICE has become Trump’s personal military that he is using to terrorize communities and cities that don’t support him. And some say we shouldn’t call him a fascist? Open your eyes.
Today in @damemagazine.bsky.social, the great media critic @parkermolloy.com on CBS's huge mistake in hiring Bari Weiss
CBS News Just Made a Terrible Mistake - Dame Magazine
On Monday, Paramount announced it had acquired The Free Press for $150 million and would be installing its founder, Bari Weiss, as editor-in-chief of CBS News. Weiss will report directly to Paramount ...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Today in @damemagazine.bsky.social, the great media critic @parkermolloy.com on CBS's huge mistake in hiring Bari Weiss
Every coherent (using the term loosely here) word out of his mouth is an admission.
Trump: "Obama got a prize for doing nothing. Obama got a prize, he didn't even know what he got it -- he got elected and they gave it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country. He was not a good president."
October 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every coherent (using the term loosely here) word out of his mouth is an admission.
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Feels worth noting that this phase-out is for kindergarten through 2nd/3rd grade, where there’s a separate gifted track that doesn’t rely on pre-k teachers nominating students
My wife is an elementary gifted ed specialist. The idea that gifted kids either don't exist or don't benefit from gifted education services is both wrong and harmful to those kids. Phasing out gifted programs is stupid. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...
Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted Program for Early Grades
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October 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Feels worth noting that this phase-out is for kindergarten through 2nd/3rd grade, where there’s a separate gifted track that doesn’t rely on pre-k teachers nominating students
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If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.
September 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
I am excited to share my inaugural post for my new Substack, "Recording Memories," about Suzanne Vega, whose music about alienation and torment managed to make my young tormented, alienated self feel a lot less ... alone.
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In the Fringes, In the Corner
On Suzanne Vega, whose music about alienation and torment managed to make my young tormented, alienated self feel a lot less ... alone.
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September 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I am excited to share my inaugural post for my new Substack, "Recording Memories," about Suzanne Vega, whose music about alienation and torment managed to make my young tormented, alienated self feel a lot less ... alone.
: kb12979536.substack.com/p/in-the-fri...
: kb12979536.substack.com/p/in-the-fri...
Why is he declaring war on Portland, Oregon? Was he injured by a Willamette Valley Pinot Noir?
September 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Why is he declaring war on Portland, Oregon? Was he injured by a Willamette Valley Pinot Noir?
My Rapture look (wish I had thought of this much earlier had they given us a heads up that it was a-comin’ so I could’ve had it made in time): a T-shirt with Debbie Harry on one side, Anita Baker on the other …
September 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My Rapture look (wish I had thought of this much earlier had they given us a heads up that it was a-comin’ so I could’ve had it made in time): a T-shirt with Debbie Harry on one side, Anita Baker on the other …
I’ve started a substack about music, memory, and Gen X. Check it out. This is the intro essay — more to come in the next couple weeks.
Welcome to Recording Memories
Essays and musings of a queer Gen-Xer about the way music triggers memories.
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September 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I’ve started a substack about music, memory, and Gen X. Check it out. This is the intro essay — more to come in the next couple weeks.